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W. T. BUMSTEAD. ATTACHMENT FOR BABY GARRIAGES.

No. 447,660. Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

Wmwmd UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

XVILLIAM T. BUMSTEAD, OF BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOHENRY M. HILL, OF SAME PLACE.

ATTACH M ENT FOR BABY-CARRIAG ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,660, dated March 3,1891.

I Application filed November 11, 1890. Serial No. 371,077. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. BUMSTEAD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Beatrice, in the county ofGage and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Baby-Oarriages; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin gdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inattachments to babycarriages; and it has for its objects among others toprovide a simple, cheap, and durable attachment readily applied tocarriages now in use, and which shallserve to keep the child in positionin the seat when desired, give it a place to rest its arms squarely infront, keep the playthings from getting out of its reach, and which maybe used either side up.

I provide a thumb-screw which serves the double function of holding thetable onto the standard or support and also as a means for attaching thetoys so that they cannot be thrown out of the reach of the baby.

0 Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The novelty in the present instance resides 5 in the peculiarities ofconstruction and the combinations,arrangement, and adaptation of parts,all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and thenparticularly pointed out in the claims.

.0 The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating5 my attachment in position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing theattachment hung up, as when not in use in a carriage, forming a bracket.

Like letters of referenceindicate like parts in both'views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings byletter, Adesignates aportion of a baby carriage of known construction. All completebaby-carriages have a removable seat, some sloping and someperpendicular at the outer or front edge. \Vhen in position, the bottomof the post-brace of my attachment stands parallel with and tightagainst the lower front edge of the seat, but does not necessarilydepend on the seat for its support, as it will 66 neither tip forwardnor backward without the seat in place, being securely held in position;but the seat prevents any possibility of the table turning aroundsidewise.

B is the table, which may be made of the desired size and shape,preferably, however, that shown in the drawings. This table, or what maybe called the table-top, is provided upon its under side with twocleats, staples, or like devices a, secured thereto in 70 any suitablemanner and adapted to receive the horizontal portion or arm of thestandard. These cleats or staples are arranged, preferably, one neareach edge of the table, so as to better hold the said arm. The table-topis provided with a surrounding strip 12, which extends a distance beyondthe faces of the top upon either side to form a guard to preventarticles placed thereon from being easilv knocked off. This strip isnotched ata point opposite one of the cleats or staples, as shown at c,to receive the arm of the standard, as shown.

D is the standard or support. It is formed with a long horizontal arm 0,which is of such 8 5 size and length as to fit the cleats on the underside of the table-top andto extend nearly across the table-top, so as togive it a firm support. A pin or other suitable stop (1 is provided tolimit the movement of this arm, 0 the stop being held in the cleat andso arranged that when the end of the arm strikes it it brings the holein the end of the arm coincident with the hole in the table-top throughwhich the thumb-screw passes. The standard 5 is also formed with a footE, adapted to be secured to the bottom of the carriage. It extends atright angles to the length. of the standard and is provided with a holef, through which the securing means passes. It is also provided with afoot-brace F, of the form shown, so as to give stability to the same.

G is a bolt-plate designed to be screwed onto the under side of thebottom of the carriage, the central portion being provided with ascrew-threaded hole g to receive the fastening-bolt G, which passesthrough the hole f in the foot and engages the said screw-threaded holein the bolt-plate, as shown. This forms a very neat, firm, andreadily-affixed means of fastening the device removably in place.

The verti al portion of the standard is padded, as shown at H, so as toprevent injury to the legs of the child when the table is in position inthe carriage.

I is a thumb-screw engaged in the threaded opening in the table-top anddesigned to pass through the same and engage the hole in the end of thearm of the standard when the lat ter is in position. The upper portionof this thumbscrew serves as a means of securing the playthings so theycannot get out of the reach of the child. They may be al'iixed to thethumb-screw by strings or in any other manner.

The baby can be readily seated or taken up Without removing theattachment, and when desired to lay the child down in the carriage ittakes but a moment to remove the \Vhen not in use, the deviceattachment.

may be hung up upside down, the standard resting between two supports,as nails, a proper distance apart and catching at the point where thefoot-brace joins the post. It then forms a bracket for the toys or otheruses, as seen in Fig. 2. The toys fastened upon the other side can betossed up without unfastening them.

\Vhat I claim as new is- 1. The combination,with the standard havinghorizontal arm and foot and foot-brace, of the table-top provided withcleats to receive the said horizontal arm and means for detachablysecuring the parts in place, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the standard formed with horizontal arm andfoot, of the table-top provided with cleats upon the under side and astop in one of the cleats, the footbrace, and the thumb screw passedthrough from the upper side of the tabletop and engaging a hole in theend of the said arm, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afilx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM T. BUMSTEAD.

\Vitnesses:

Gno. G. HILL, G. H. ALBRIGHT.

